why mandela? what exactly makes nelson mandela so special? apart from the fact that he emerged from 27 years in apartheid prisons bearing so little malice. he insisted on reconciliation being central to a truth commission in order to heal wounds caused by years of bitter racial hatred. bok rugby a spring jersey in a bold bid to unite the nation behind the mainly white south african team. he stepped down after just one term, unlike too many world leaders who cling to it until they -- it destroys them or the nation they are leading. next is james, grand forks, north dakota. republican mind, good morning. -- republican line, good morning. caller: i am concerned about the individual.f any there is a godlike reverence for the sky which worries near. when he mandela, she used to necklace them with burning --. when i was a kid, when apartheid in south africa was in the news, now there has been a blackout of news in south africa. itso not know, especially neighbor, zimbabwe. they have had 25 years of black rule. the population of whites has gone from